ECO Calendar of Events/Meetings ( For years: 2004 - 2005 ) |
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Meeting of the ECO Audit Board |
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Drug Control matters (Events under DCCU Project and according to the revised DCCU Work Plan) |
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Meetings / Conferences organized by regional / international Agencies |
A - Trade and Investment
First Priority:
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Sr. No. |
Event/Activity |
Venue |
Date |
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1. |
3rd Meeting of Council of Heads of Customs Administrations (CHCA) preceded by 2nd Meeting of Technical Experts on Establishment of Data Bank on Smuggling and Customs Offences. |
Islamabad - Pakistan |
Feb. 16-18, 2004 |
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2. |
ECO-CCI/ECO Trade Fair |
Karachi-Pakistan |
Feb. 20-26, 2004 |
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3. |
7th General Assembly Meeting of ECO-CCI |
Kabul, Afghanistan |
April 15-18, 2004 |
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4. |
2nd ECO Regional Investment Conference. |
Kabul, Afghanistan |
April 15-18, 2004 |
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5. |
3rd Seminar on Trade & Investment Information Networking in the ECO Region. |
Pakistan |
To be determined |
Second Priority:
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1. |
1st meeting of HLEG on Trade, Investment and other related matters in the ECO region. |
Ankara-Turkey |
Jan. 13-15, 2004 |
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2. |
2nd meeting of HLEG on Trade, Investment and other related matters in the ECO region. |
Islamabad-Pakistan |
Aug. 22-23, 2004 |
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Turkey
Islamabad-Pakistan |
March 15-16, 2004
Dec. 26-28, 2003 |
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4. |
3rd Buyers/Sellers Meeting on Pharmaceutical. |
Istanbul |
September 2004 |
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5. |
Customs Training Course on Harmonized System Nomenclature. |
Tehran – Iran |
To be determined |
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6. |
3rd ECO Ministerial Meeting on Commerce/Foreign Trade. |
Turkey |
To be determined |
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7. |
ECO/WTO Seminar. |
To be determined |
To be determined |
B- Transport & Communication
First Priority :
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Sr. No. |
Event/Activity |
Venue |
Date |
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1. |
2nd Steering Committee meeting Coordination Unit of Container Train |
Tehran/Iran |
May 24-25, 2004 |
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2. |
14th meeting of the Directors’ General of National Telecommunication Companies of the ECO member states. |
To be determined later |
March/April 2004 |
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3. |
Workshop as planned under ECO/ESCAP/UNCTAD Multimodal Transport Project with funding of IDB. |
To be determined in consultation with IDB |
1st quarter of 2004 |
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4. |
High Level Experts meeting on ICT |
Tehran |
April 1, 2004 |
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5. |
1st meeting of the ECO Postal Authorities |
Kyrgyzstan |
April, 2004 |
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6. |
2nd Meeting of Heads of Reference Marine Organizations of ECO member states for Development of Regional cooperation in port marine and merchant shipping affairs. |
Istanbul/Turkey |
June, 2004 |
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7. |
8th meeting of the Heads of ECO Railway Authorities. |
Turkey |
June/July 2004 |
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8. |
5th Ministerial meeting on Transport & Communications. |
Kyrgyz Republic |
First half of Sept. (6-7), 2004 |
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9. |
1st ECO Ministerial meeting on Information and Communication Technology (ICT). |
Tehran |
To be determined |
Second Priority:
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1. |
4th ECO Experts Working Group meeting on the Trans-Asia-Europe Fiber Optical Cable System (TAEFOS). |
Baku |
2004 |
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2. |
EWG meeting to fine-tune draft Action Plan for revitalizing and operation of the China-Middle East-Europe Corridors including a time framework for its execution. |
Iran/Tehran |
April 14-16, 2004 |
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3. |
1st meeting of the ECO Central Insurance Authorities. |
Iran/Tehran |
June 1, 2004 |
Non-ECO Events:
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1. |
Inter Agency Coordination meeting of ECO/ESCAP/IDB/UNCTAD with regard to the implementation of Multimodal Transport Project in the ECO region. |
Jeddah/Geneva/ Tehran |
1st quarter of 2004 |
| 2. | Consultation with UNCTAD in the field of ICT and Marine Services for follow up on ECO meetings and decisions. | Subject to UNCTAD schedule of activities. | September , 2004 |
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59th session of UNESCAP Commission agreement in the Asian Highway network (including ECO transport corridors). |
Bangkok | To be determined. |
| 4. | UN meeting on landlocked countries –Almaty Action Plan Implementation (2003). | New York | To be determined. |
C - Energy, Minerals & Environment Sectors
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Sr. No. |
Event/Activity |
Venue |
Date |
| 1. |
Workshop on New and Renewable Sources of Energy |
Ankara, Turkey |
April 28-29, 2004 |
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2. |
7th Specialized Experts Task Group (7th SETG) meeting on power |
To be determined |
To be determined 2004 |
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3. |
Conference on Interconnection and Parallel Functioning of the ECO Member States Power Systems and Establishment of ECO Power Market |
[Baku, Azerbaijan] |
To be determined 2004/2005 |
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4. |
Second ECO Ministerial Meeting on Energy/Petroleum to be preceded by the Meeting of Senior Officials |
Tehran, Iran |
To be determined 2004/2005 |
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5. |
Joint ECO/OPEC Workshop on International Petroleum Market |
Tehran, Iran |
To be determined 2004/2005 |
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6. |
4th High Level Experts Task Group (4th HLETG) Meeting on ECO Oil and Gas Pipeline Route(s) |
Turkey |
To be determined 2004/2005 |
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7. |
Workshop on Energy Conservation and Efficiency |
Islamabad, Pakistan |
To be determined 2004/2005 |
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8. |
Workshop on Petroleum Products, Market Study and Trade issues |
Iran |
To be determined 2005 |
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9. |
ECO and Energy Charter Secretariat (ECS) joint Workshop |
Tehran, Iran
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To be determined 2004/2005 |
C-2 Minerals
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1. |
Third ECO Mineral Experts Group Meeting |
Afghanistan or Kazakhstan |
To be determined 2004/5 |
C-3- Environment
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1. |
1st meeting of the ECO Working Group on Environment |
Turkey, Ankara |
April 7 - 8, 2004 |
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2. |
Workshop on Waste Water Management and Treatment Technology |
Eastern Mediterranean University, Gazimagosa |
[May 5 - 7, 2004] |
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3. |
2nd Meeting of the ECO Working Group on Environment |
Tehran, Iran |
Late June 2004 |
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4. |
Second Experts Meeting on Energy Resources Development and their Environmental Impact Assessment |
Tehran, Iran |
August 2004 |
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5. |
Second ECO Ministerial Meeting on Environment to be preceded by the Meeting of Senior Officials |
Turkey |
To be determined 2004 |
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6. |
[Regional Seminar on ecological education and increase of awareness of population within the framework of ECO Plan of Action in the filed of Environment] |
[Dushanbe, Tajikistan] |
To be determined 2005 |
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7. |
ECO and World Meteorological Organization (WMO) joint Workshop on natural disasters and climatic cataclysms |
To be determined |
To be determined 2004/2005 |
D- Agriculture, Health, Industry and Tourism
D-1 Agriculture, First Priority
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Sr. No. |
Event/Activity |
Venue |
Date |
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1. |
Meeting of the Heads of Veterinary Organizations of the ECO Member States |
Tehran, Iran |
March 6-8, 2004 |
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2. |
Training workshop on Project Analysis within the framework of ECO-FAO TCP Project on Food Security |
Uzbekistan/Iran |
March-April 2004 |
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3. |
Senior Officials Meeting on Agriculture |
Iran |
End of July, 2004 |
| 4. |
Workshop on prevention of crop losses at post-harvest stages |
Ankara, Turkey |
September/ October 2004 |
| 5. |
Workshop on Water Management |
Pakistan |
2004 |
| 6. |
2nd Ministerial meeting on agriculture. |
Turkey |
Last quarter of 2004 |
D-1- Agriculture ,Second Priority
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1. |
International Training Course on Combating Desertification |
Iran |
2004 |
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2. |
Training Course on WTO Agreement on Agriculture |